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ICT4D Week 2018

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Pathfinder, NPOC commend 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE on IG4D, IPv6

As part of the court-down to the 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE
on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, an
international organization inspiring people on the use of the Internet and
affordable access, Pathfinder Initiative and the Not-for-Profit Constituency
(NPOC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have
commended the efforts of DigitalSENSE Africa for growing interest on Internet
Governance on the continent, reports ITRealms.

Chief Executive of Pathfinder Initiative and vice chairman
of NPOC at ICANN, Mr. Klaus Stoll gave this commendation on the forthcoming
2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series slated for June 2-3 at the Digital
Bridge Institute, Cappa-Oshodi, Lagos.

He advised Nigerians and Africans at large to engage on
stakeholders’ efforts on Internet Governance so as to make their voices heard
on future development of the Internet.

“One of the key voices that is missing today is that of the
Internet users. Most individual citizens and groups are focused on how they may
use the Internet as a tool, but they do not focus on the Internet and its
governance,” he noted.

Klaus pointed out that most Internet users in the world
today, are not aware that Internet Government processes even exist.

“If we cannot find practical ways to enable wider and deepen
participation, this will threaten the very legitimacy of Internet governance
and thereby the Internet itself,” he urged.

Advising participants to ensure active participation in this
year’s two-day forum being put together by DigitalSENSE Africa Media as a
rallying point for aggregation of viewpoints of common Nigerian Internet users
in line with best global multistakeholder engagement for Internet governance.

DigitalSENSE Africa Media, she said, is an At-Large
Structure certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) and organizes this annual forum in collaboration with the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development
Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

This year’s theme, focuses on ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities
for All Nigerians’ on day 1, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable with
the theme on ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ in commemoration
of the World IPv6 Day 2016.

DigitalSENSE Africa is a team of internationally
reputed and award-winning Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
industry analysts and perception managers; professionally affiliated to African
Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) for shaping the future of the Internet,
African Civil Society for the Information Society (ACSIS), as well as the media
caucus of African Information Society Initiative (AISI) of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) among others.
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